backyard flock

I know it's more common in commerical broiler breeds that are bred to grow big in such a short amount of time, but what about other big chicken breeds like brahmas? My light brahma hen, who was 4 years old, suddenly died and I don't exactly know what caused her death so quickly, she was acting...

Hello. I have a year old Easter Egger hen who I noticed yesterday has these raised white spots on her comb. They almost look like calcium deposits that are stuck to the comb. When I researched this, most results that pop up are about it being early signs of fowl pox. I have not noticed any...

Hello! I am fairly new at owning chickens. I live in a city that has fairly okay chicken ordinances, however I would love some advice and insight on my current situation with my hens and our city’s ordinance. I have 6 hens and had not done research into our city’s ordinances on Chickens. I...

Hi folks! I've been keeping chickens with my family for almost a decade. Currently our backyard flock numbers 11, featuring three wonderful old ladies: Twitter (leghorn), Fornite (easter egger) and Onyx (black australorp). Fortnite is our tamest darling: she's been handled constantly since...

Hello. I just purchased a home in Idaho Falls, ID.... well, I thought so. It turns out my home is technically in the county, but not the city, which I didn't know until I moved in and set up utilities. Keeping a small backyard flock was at the top of my list of home requirements and the city...

I ended up inheriting some straight run chicks and I have ended up with 3 roosters for my 15 hens. :( I have Comets, Easter Eggers, Ameraucanas, and Plymouth Rocks for hens. Ive never had a rooster before, and don't know which one to keep. All of them seem decent roosters so far but they are...

My girls were 7 weeks old this week And growing tremendously! I have a backyard flock of 8 hens- 2 barred rocks- 2 buff orpingtons, 2 Ameraucana, 1 speckled Sussex and 1 olive egger. Every single one of my girls have GREEN EYES! Isn’t that crazy?! They are all wonderfully healthy...

Hello fellow chicken and duck keepers. :frow I thought I’d make this chat thread for a bit of fun This thread is for everyone to share their photos, stories and updates of their chickens and ducks And other animals if they wish.

I have a small backyard flock of ten chickens (2 Buff Orpingtons, a Mille Flur d'uncle bantam, a porcelain d'uncle bantam, 2 barred rocks, a white crested black polish bantam, a white cochin, a speckeld sussex, and a lavender orpington) For the last few days there has been sub-zero temperatures...

I've never had a roosting area for my chickens. They always preferred to sleep in a pile and were never very interesting in roosting. Now that my rooster is gone the 4 idiots left are completely clueless about how, where, or when to sleep. I'm going to put a perch in their sleeping area then...

Hey everybody...just signed up. Looking forward to participating in discussions. I have kept chickens now for 3 years. I currently have 2 Australorp, 2 Barred Rock and 2 Ameraucana hens. We built our coop and run in the backyard in our suburban NJ town on about a half acre. The chickens...

In the city of Citrus Heights, CA the current city code says that (basically) in the city you can only have chickens (up to 10) if your lot is over 10,000 square feet. Mine is a little short of this, and on Feb 3rd I received a code violation notice. It said that I had until Feb 10th (less...